Imagine you’re sitting around a boardroom table or participating in an online workplace meeting. You and your colleagues are Black, Asian, Latinx, white, and mixed-race. Some identify as LGBTQIA. Some use a wheelchair or a cane. Some are visually impaired and use a text-to-speech function. Some are hard of hearing and use live captioning. Employees […]
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Touching your face is so natural a habit, you may not even realize you’re doing it until there’s good reason not to. Hands are a common transmission source for pathogens that can make you sick — including bacteria and viruses — according to a 2015 study in the American Journal of Infection Control. The COVID-19
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Many workers aspire toward a paperless office. Going paper-free means you save trees and cut down on clutter, which is a win-win. But when it comes to taking meeting notes, paper may still be the way to go. Hand-written notes can help you capture ideas, learn new concepts, organize your thoughts, share information with colleagues,
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Workplace stress is a problem for many people. The majority (79 percent) of people report feeling stress during their workdays. And it doesn’t help that our days are often sandwiched between traffic jams and housework. Stress makes our days less pleasant, and it taxes our minds and bodies in ways that lower our quality of
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Holding a desk job used to be more or less synonymous with sitting all day long, often crouched over a computer or paperwork. That may not sound too bad to those working more physically demanding jobs—after all, what’s more relaxing than sitting down? But most office workers know it’s difficult to maintain the correct posture
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You may have an unexpected ally in your efforts to clean and sanitize your office. Installing an office air purifier can offer more than a breath of fresh air. Air purifiers effectively reduce allergens, bacteria, and viruses in office air, creating a healthier indoor environment. And for those working from home, portable air purifiers can
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In the spring of 2020, millions of people stepped away from their desks to work from home during the COVID-19 pandemic. Many of those employees may have assumed they’d be back in their cubicles within months, but experts predict the shift to remote working may be permanent for many employees. This transition may not surprise
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Working remotely has boomed in a big way. Many businesses were quick to pivot to a virtual office during the COVID-19 pandemic to keep their employees healthy without sacrificing productivity. According to an MIT report, 34 percent of previous commuters worked from home by the first week of April 2020. But even before the pandemic,
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Working remotely is a new normal for many companies—evidenced by the fact that people are downloading 30 times more video conferencing apps than they were a few months ago. The new working world is full of challenges, and online meetings can be especially tedious. Some employees play Conference Call Bingo to stay sane. Just as
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Drawing and doodling on paper has its appeal, but if you’re ready to take your creative endeavors to new heights — like above the surface of your table — you’ll want to learn how to use a 3D pen. Before we explain how a 3D pen works and which ones you may want to purchase,
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